nuptus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of nūbō (“cover, veil; marry”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuːp.tus/, [ˈnuːpt̪ʊs̠] or IPA(key): /ˈnup.tus/, [ˈnʊpt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnup.tus/, [ˈnupt̪us]
- Lewis 1891 marks the vowel in the first syllable as long, but other authors such as De Vaan indicate a short vowel here.[1]. See nūbō.
Participle
nū̆ptus (feminine nū̆pta, neuter nū̆ptum); first/second-declension participle
- (rare) covered, veiled, having been veiled
- married, wedded
- (of words) which should not be spoken by the unmarried
- (substantive) a bride
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | nū̆ptus | nū̆pta | nū̆ptum | nū̆ptī | nū̆ptae | nū̆pta | |
| Genitive | nū̆ptī | nū̆ptae | nū̆ptī | nū̆ptōrum | nū̆ptārum | nū̆ptōrum | |
| Dative | nū̆ptō | nū̆ptō | nū̆ptīs | ||||
| Accusative | nū̆ptum | nū̆ptam | nū̆ptum | nū̆ptōs | nū̆ptās | nū̆pta | |
| Ablative | nū̆ptō | nū̆ptā | nū̆ptō | nū̆ptīs | |||
| Vocative | nū̆pte | nū̆pta | nū̆ptum | nū̆ptī | nū̆ptae | nū̆pta | |
Noun
nū̆ptus m (genitive nū̆ptūs); fourth declension
- the act of covering, veiling
- marriage, wedlock
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nū̆ptus | nū̆ptūs |
| Genitive | nū̆ptūs | nū̆ptuum |
| Dative | nū̆ptuī | nū̆ptibus |
| Accusative | nū̆ptum | nū̆ptūs |
| Ablative | nū̆ptū | nū̆ptibus |
| Vocative | nū̆ptus | nū̆ptūs |
Synonyms
- cōnūbium / connūbium
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “nūbō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 417
Further reading
- “nuptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nuptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nuptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be married to some one: nuptam esse cum aliquo or alicui
- (ambiguous) to give one's daughter in marriage to some-one: filiam alicui nuptum dare
- (ambiguous) to be married to some one: nuptam esse cum aliquo or alicui
- nuptus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016